plump

/plʌmp/

verb

  1. 1

    To grow plump; to swell out.

    Her cheeks have plumped.
  2. 2

    To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.

    to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water
  3. 3

    To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.

    to plump a stone into water
  4. 4

    To give a plumper (kind of vote).

  5. 5

    To give (a vote), as a plumper.

  6. 6

    To favor or decide in favor of something.

adjective

  1. 1

    Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

    a plump baby; plump cheeks
  2. 2

    Fat.

  3. 3

    Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.

noun

  1. 1

    The sound of a sudden heavy fall.

verb

  1. 1

    To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.

adverb

  1. 1

    Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

noun

  1. 1

    A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.

    a plump of trees, fowls, or spears

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